Eye Floater (Vitreous Floater ) GONE! after one laser treatment. Listen and watch it here.

[PianoUniverse]

@Autry No it shifted over and lightened up a lot. Its still these but not as annoying. If the laser treatment was local, I would probably get the treatment.

[megacaviagek]

3 questions:

Does a lazer treatment hurt?

How is it preformed?

Is it really gone then?

[NHTPC]

MY only question is, is a Weiss ring floater worse than any other? Mine stays in one spot, and is more of a dull area, like a cataract... so I'm thinking that's what mine is. It happened suddenly a few days ago.

[VEGETADTX]

@NHTPC I've heard that if it appeared suddenly you definitely should check what it is as soon as possible!!! It could possibly be a sign of a retinal detachment, I don't mean to scare you of course it might not be anything actually, but my friendly advice is to go visit a doctor right away.

At least, that's what I've read and heard many times for these few days of research.

[Eikinkloster]

I've always seen floaters. Normally I don't take notice of them.

The weird thing I've discovered I have (i.e., that normal people don't) is stocopic sensivity syndrome, or Irlen syndrome. I see a permanent redish/white fog of tiny light dots. They are particularly noticable in low light, i.e. looking at the night sky or when I close my eyes. It looks like seeing a dark image in a CRT old television. The image gets granulated, snowy.

I'm so pissed off I've never truly seen a night sky.

[VitreousFloaterSolns]

Some people call that "Visual Snow". The diagnosis of Ihrlen syndrome is somewhat controversial. BTW, the spelling is "SCOTOPIC" in case anyone wants to look that up.

[Eikinkloster]

Yes, scotopic, my bad, from skotos - darkness. opia - vision. It fits my case, since my "visual snow" is much more noticeable in darkness, but it doesn't really seem to be related to night vision per se. Irlen, however, does spell IRLEN, without the h.

I've bumped in this information about there being controversy around Irlen, but never found anyone specifying the controversy. Can you quote any source on it? I'd prefer to deal with my visual snow without tinted lenses...

[wimpog97]

I see floaters 24 hours a day - during the day, and during the night in my sleeps! I've been suffering for a decade already! It's hell, I'm telling you!

[Rabidraider]

I recently developed a nasty pennant shaped jet black floater with cobwebs in my left eye. Within 48 hours is tightened up into a string, then a blob. It was dead center but now upper left. I'm going to give it a couple of months, but if it stays I wouldn't hesitated to get laser treatment. I hope to find someone local to NJ.

[NHTPC]

@Rabidraider I think this guy is in CA and there is the one who pioneered it in VA.. I'm in NH so I would likely go to VA if mine, which detached yesterday, doesn't improve.

[Autry29]

@Rabidraider Did you ever get the laser treatment. How did your floater turn out?

[sicandoverrated]

Hi

Can a weiss ring leave an "articaft" on the retina?

I had a black ring in each eye, playing on a computer, got scared and went to bed.

The next day at first sight the black ring was gone but when I look at a bright computerscreen i still see it.

[SRospieler]

I wouldnt laser it but try to put the water in the eye under such an effect that the shit sinks down

[VitreousFloaterSolns]

If you are going to go into the eye, why not just remove all of the vitreous gel? There is a procedure called a vitrectomy that does just that.

[Eikinkloster]

how does the eye keep it's shape without the vitreous gel? I'm reading on Wikipedia that there are complications so vitrectomy only goes for extreme cases...

[VitreousFloaterSolns]

The vitreous is 99.9% water It is fluid pressure that maintains the shape, not the gelatinous structure. Just like a water balloon keeps it's shape! Vitrectomy does have its known risks, particularly a high rate of cataract formation in people of any age (oft quoted as 50-100% incidence within 1 year after surgery).

[Marjoline]

Thanks so much John for sharing this, you have given me hope. Now to find a place in The Netherlands that can do the treatment for me...

[peweya]

hi i live in morocco i have a floaters je te souhaite bonne chance in your treatement

[crapfig]

i have very bad floaters and im only 16

[th3ha1og0d]

ur not alone i have them too

[th3ha1og0d]

im only 18

[mickoz]

Floaters can be really different from person to person, that might explain why it affects some people a lot and others not much. For example, younger, I could only see them very rarely (once in months?), for a short period of time (seconds), one at a time and it was small. Not annoying. However, since 2 years: daily, almost always, a lot of them, bigger, a nightmare. I can totally understand how frustrating these can be to the point you feel your life is finish no matter your patience.